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Series/Collection number: S 1047, Publicity photographs, 1940-1996 ; Box 1, FF26
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Flora and fauna
Trees and plants
Nature
Natural areas--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Recreation areas--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Parks--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Gardens--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Flowers
Azaleas
Flowering woody plants
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Killearn Gardens (later Maclay Gardens) were planted and designed by Alfred Barmore Maclay starting in 1923. Maclay featured camellias as the "backbone" of the gardens design, but also included hundreds of other flowers. The name "Killearn" came from a village in Scotland where Mr. Maclay's great-grandfather, the Reverend Archibald Maclay was born. Maclay died in 1944, and two years later his wife made the gardens public. In April 1953, Mrs. Alfred B. Maclay and children gave the 307-acres Killearn Gardens (including the Maclay house) to the Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials as a memorial to Alfred Barmore Maclay. The Maclay House and most of the associated buildings were constructed circa 1906 to 1909, when the land was used as a hunting plantation. In 1965, the park was renamed Maclay Gardens. The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. In 2002, it was also listed as the Killearn Plantation Archeological and Historic District.
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Florida. - Division of Tourism. Close-up view of an azalea flower at Maclay Gardens State Park - Tallahassee, Florida.. 1979. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/91506>, accessed 20 June 2026.
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Florida. - Division of Tourism. Close-up view of an azalea flower at Maclay Gardens State Park - Tallahassee, Florida.. 1979. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/91506>
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(State Archives of Florida/Florida. - Division of Tourism.)
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